About Me:
My goal is to have my students be skilled on their instrument as well as have an understanding of music harmony, ear training and sight reading. I format each lesson according to my students needs and work with them to become a better musician.

Styles:
Rock, Blues, Jazz, Classical

Subjects:
Harmony, Theory, Ear Training, Songwriting

Ages:
Elementary School, Pre-teen, Teenage, Adult

Availability:
Downtown, Park Slope

Major Influences:
Chick Corea, Debussy, Hiromi, Brad Mehldau

Experience:

• Kanye West String Section [December 2005-Present]
• Mystiq: Electric String trio, which has toured Europe, America and the Middle East.
• Christina Aguilera String Section MTV Video Music Awards 2006.
• Opened for the Rolling Stones.
• Has taught ages from 3-70's.
• Has been professionally performing since the age of 15.

Education:

• Bachelor of Music in Professional Music and Violin Performance (BM), Berklee College of Music [2004]

Studied With:

• Sandy Kott [2001 - 2002]
• Matt Glaser [2000 - 2001]
• Edgar Gabriel [1992 - 2000]

Recent Performances:

• Kanye West [October, 2006]
• Piano's Music Club [October, 2006]
• Toured Greece w/ electric string group [August, 2006]
• Toured United Arab Emerites w/ electric string group [June, 2005]

Discography:

• Cody Geil - "Cody Geil" [2006]
• Mystiquintet - "Beatles Regrooved" [2005]
• Mystiquintet - "Christmas Regrooved" [2005]
• Mystiquintet - "Mystiquintet" [2004]